Is SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?

SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 3,504 people get their water from it, across 1,168 connections.

How this compares nationally

7 total violations and 0 health-based ones put SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY at the 16th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 10,832 of 12,903.

How SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY compares within AL

AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY carries 0, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY is from 2020-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and SOUTH DALLAS WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 10,832th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.